event Devendra Banhart
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Alissa Anderson
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Mon Nov 16
7:30 pm
http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/32833/?search_redirect=Vic%20Theatre&tm_link=tm_header_search Devendra Banhart at Vic Theatre
Devendra Banhart has come to symbolize so many different things—good and bad—to so many people that it seems he’s verging on indie-rock superstardom. The cult of Devendra started earlier in the decade with Oh Me Oh My... and hasn’t really let up, reaching a fever pitch last year when His Hairiness shocked and awed a nation by successfully wooing Natalie Portman (who showed up in the video for the excellent “Carmensita” from 2007’s Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon). To his credit, Banhart really is the most interesting character associated with the freak-folk revolution that he helped usher in, and there’s no sign that this neo-hippie movement is going away anytime soon.
Vic Theatre 3145 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL
Devendra Banhart has come to symbolize so many different things—good and bad—to so many people that it seems he’s verging on indie-rock superstardom. The cult of Devendra started earlier in the decade with Oh Me Oh My... and hasn’t really let up, reaching a fever pitch last year when His Hairiness shocked and awed a nation by successfully wooing Natalie Portman (who showed up in the video for the excellent “Carmensita” from 2007’s Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon). To his credit, Banhart really is the most interesting character associated with the freak-folk revolution that he helped usher in, and there’s no sign that this neo-hippie movement is going away anytime soon.
Updated 11/11/2009
